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How To Cope With Workplace Stress

Work has never been more stressful. Luckily, Dr Min Yeo, a functional-medicine GP, is here to ease our worries – with some help from Beyoncé

Reset retreats

After a year of disruption, food crutches and late-night emotional binge-watching, we are looking to the summer holiday period to reconnect with our best lives.

Coco CHANEL

In the 50 years since her death, the legacy of this legendary fashion designer has only grown. Hannah-Rose Yee looks back on Chanel’s gift for knowing what women really wanted, as well as the tragedy that marred her life

Leaps Of Faith

The beauty of ballet takes to the streets in a mesmerising new photographic collection

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. . . MUM BODS

In her new book on womanhood, the British writer calls for a female equivalent of the dad bod. We vote yes

THE WOMEN WHO MADE ME RONNI KAHN

The formidable force behind OzHarvest reveals her humanitarian heroes

The KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

What were you doing when you were a teenager? Meet the Gen Z entrepreneurs who’ve founded game-changing companies and are shaking up the business world for the better. Let’s hear it for the girls, writes Alley Pascoe

Tilda SWINTON

She’s wowed Hollywood, mesmerised the fashion industry and challenged gender and beauty standards along the way. Now, the ultimate on-screen chameleon has reached yet another milestone – her 60th birthday.

THE PAEDOPHILE HUNTERS

Every day they witness crimes against children more horrifying than most of us could cope with. Meet the warrior women on the frontline of the war against child exploitation.

PIECES of ME

More than merely stretches of fabric, our clothes are threaded with memories and meaning. Here, six Australian women share the stories behind their most significant sartorial possessions

The Art of Acceptance

Fashion editor Charlie Gowans-Eglinton has always disliked her body. But when her sister had to undergo surgery after breast cancer, she decided it was time to do something about her own hang-ups

killing it

Everyone’s favourite TV assassin makes her Hollywood debut – in a blaze of action-hero glory, no less. Jodie Comer talks stardom, Scouser pride and sexist double standards with Alley Pascoe

Dream WEAVER

What happens when an icon meets an icon? Marion Cotillard talks about her new relationship with the legendary floral Chanel N0 5

Party Favours

We may not have as many RSVPs to send, but our desire to swipe on colour, embrace a little shimmer and have some fun is yet to wane. This summer, the mood calls for flattering classics – with a twist

Scarlett Johansson - The Real-Life Hollywood Heroine

Ahead of her solo superhero debut, Scarlett Johansson (aka Black Widow) opens up about her family, female role models and the future. Alley Pascoe meets the real-life Hollywood heroine

''I'm Proud I Spoke Out”

In 2010, when Kristy Fraser-Kirk called out the inappropriate behavior of her boss, the then CEO of David Jones, she was labelled a gold-digging bimbo. Yet a decade on, workplace sexual harassment in Australia is still rife, sanctioned by a system that is failing victims.

Meet The Women Of The Year

Whether leading with courage, fighting for change or making us smile, these inspirational women have risen to the challenge in 2020. A round of applause for the game-changers and hope-makers

''Why 2020 Was My Best Year Ever''

For most of us, 2020 has been the year to block out and bury forever. But for a lucky few, it was a time marked by love, joy and triumph. As told to Cat Rodie

How To Destroy Your Life In One Drunken Night

Fiona O’Loughlin is Australian comedy royalty. But for years, she was caught in a toxic trap, using alcoholism as material for her stand-up and using comedy as an excuse for her addiction. For the first time, she reveals the true depths and darkness of her disease

Playing For Keeps

Are you loyal to one scent or do you have a few on the go? When it comes to finding a signature scent, perfumer Violaine Collas, the woman behind Dolce & Gabbana’s most iconic perfumes, reveals how to meet your match.

How Fashion Got Funny

The world of high style has swapped its pout for a smile, embracing witty, tongue-in-cheek designs in all their glory. Our writers road-test three ironic runway trends – which also have new-found relevance amid a global pandemic

UN-ADOPTED

When YouTubers Myka and James Stauffer adopted a child from China, they shared every step of the journey with their followers. Now, their story has become a warning of what can happen when influencer and adoption cultures collide.

Diana Rigg

The trailblazing ’60s action heroine broke boundaries in The Avengers, captured James Bond’s heart, and stole every scene in Game of Thrones. Hannah Rose Yee charts the legacy of the late great star of stage and screen

Why Are Women Paying To Work?

Despite decades of dispute, childcare fees are still costing working mothers their salaries –and their careers. After the pandemic further exposed a broken system, the fight for free childcare has a new urgency.

Style And The City

Patricia Field forged a new fashion frontier through her work on pop culture phenomenons Sex and the City and The Devil Wears Prada. Now almost 80, the legendary stylist who changed the way women dressed is still stealing the show.

We Need To Talk About. . . Your Inner Critic

The singer, author and life coach reveals how she overcame crippling self-doubt to achieve her big, fat dreams

Queen of SPADES

Keep calm and carry on – Nicola Glass, creative director of Kate Spade New York, creates handbags and fashion to make your heart sing.

Restless STATE

What do you do with your ambition, manifesting and goal-setting when life as you know it hits pause? Brooke Le Poer Trench finds out how to live with disquiet

Confessions of a COTTAGECORE WANNABE

What happened when writer Alley Pascoe road-tested the viral cottagecore trend in real life? A lot of gardening, some failed knitting and a serious new fringe

NICOLE undone

She’s Australian film royalty, a critically acclaimed Hollywood heavyweight and our First Lady of country music: Nicole Kidman needs no introduction, but let us anyway. On the eve of the release of her new TV thriller, The Undoing, editor Nicky Briger meets the woman, the star, the legend